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Licensure Reference Guide

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The Jurisdiction Licensure Reference Guide is a resource that compares some of the major similarities and differences among the jurisdictions. Developed by FSBPT, the guide is used as a reference for educational programs, students, licensing boards, professional associations and others.

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Jurisdictions help keep the guide current

Although information has been collected directly from jurisdictions and validated, FSBPT does not claim that the information contained in this guide is completely up-to-date. The ultimate source for all state or jurisdiction regulatory information is the jurisdiction itself. Jurisdictions can provide updates to linked documents by contacting communications@fsbpt.org.

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Background about the guide

The information contained in this guide was originally collected by surveying the 53 physical therapy licensing authorities in spring 2007. Since 2007, we have periodically updated this information based on jurisdiction input. If a table has been updated, the date of update can be found in the table’s hyperlink and at the bottom of each page of the document.

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The Jurisdiction Licensure Reference Guide

The linked documents below are in Adobe PDF format. You must have the Acrobat Reader and plugin installed on your system to view these documents.

Description: Which credentialing agencies are used by which jurisdiction; in addition, which jurisdictions do not specify the credentialing agency, but instead require that the agency use the FSBPT Coursework Tool (CWT).

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Renewal of Licenses

Description: Terms and dates for renewal along with requirements such as continuing education courses and continuing competence activities, as well as the specific number of hours/credits for CE/CC courses and activities.

The MDS will allow physical therapy to answer questions that will determine, among others, the number of providers; the race and sex of these individuals; and the facilities and geographic location in which services are provided.

The purpose of this document is to provide information and general guidance to physical therapy jurisdictional authorities for regulating the use of telehealth technologies in the practice of physical therapy.